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The U.S. Department of Labors Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today launched a new educational Web resource (http://www.osha.gov/hospitals), which has extensive materials to help hospitals prevent worker injuries, assess wo...

Its a complex issue that costs our healthcare system hundreds of millions of dollars each year -- healthcare linen needlessly thrown away as infectious or red bag waste or regulated medical waste (RMW). The culprit is lack of education on Occup...

Despite legislation, regulation and stepped-up oversight and education campaigns by public and private sectors, needlesticks and other sharps-related injuries persist, although with variance in the rates depending on the healthcare setting.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is continuing to examine occupational exposure to infectious agents in healthcare settings, and members of the infection prevention and healthcare epidemiology communities are weighing in...

Thirty-one leaders in the healthcare industry have jointly signed a letter regarding ways to better protect healthcare workers and prevent the spread of infectious diseases as part of a request for information by the Occupational Safety and Hea...

The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) has provided comment on the Occupational Safety and Health Administrations (OSHA) Request for Information (RFI) on occupational exposure to infectious agents in healthcare-related settings...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is continuing to ask members of the infection prevention and control community to comment on occupational exposure to infectious agents in healthcare settings.